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Updated: 09:02 a.m. ET (1302 GMT) -- 18 September 2002

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President Bush this morning said that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was merely "trying to take the pressure off himself" with the latest offer to allow weapons inspectors into Iraq. "He deceives, he delays, he denies," Bush said, after meeting with Congressional leaders to discuss language for a resolution on action against Baghdad.
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